Rice Owls

4-5

Ugh, no.

Rice Owls lost to the Memphis Tigers

8-1 38 – 14

4-5

Final · Fri, Oct 31

Game Details

First Community Stadium (Houston) · 20,197 fans · ESPN2

Highlights

Frank Peasant rushes for three TDs, No. 25 Memphis defeats Rice 38-14

Frank Peasant rushed for three touchdowns, Brendon Lewis threw for 225 yards and rushed for a touchdown, and No. 25 Memphis beat Rice 38-14 on Friday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:21 Brendon Lewis crosses goal line for 18-yard rushing touchdown

0:12 Frank Peasant runs for 2-yard rushing touchdown

0:28 Frank Peasant scores 1-yard rushing touchdown

0:25 Chase Jenkins throws 12-yard touchdown pass vs. Memphis

Clips play on ESPN

First Community Stadium · Houston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MEM	14	17	7	0	38
RICE	0	7	0	7	14

Win Probability · Rice Owls

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Game Leaders

Memphis Tigers

Brendon Lewis · 18/22, 225 YDSPassing Yards
Brendon Lewis · 12 CAR, 87 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Cortez Braham Jr. · 3 REC, 66 YDSReceiving Yards
Jalen Bell · 0.5Sacks
Sam Brumfield · 12Tackles

Rice Owls

Chase Jenkins · 11/16, 100 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Chase Jenkins · 15 CAR, 34 YDSRushing Yards
Tyvonn Byars · 1 REC, 43 YDSReceiving Yards
Blake Boenisch · 1Sacks
Andrew Awe · 12Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

Team
Florida Atlantic
Memphis
UTSA
North Texas
UAB
South Florida
Army
Temple
East Carolina
Tulane
Tulsa
Rice
Charlotte
Navy

Scoring

Q4 3:28

TD Tyvonn Byars 1 Yd Run (Chase Allen Kick)38–14

Q3 0:49

TD Greg Desrosiers Jr. 2 Yd Run (Gianni Spetic Kick)38–7

Q2 0:00

FG Gianni Spetic 37 Yd Field Goal 31–7

Q2 2:03

TD Aaron Turner 12 Yd pass from Chase Jenkins (Enock Gota Kick)28–7

Q2 7:54

TD Frank Peasant 1 Yd Run (Gianni Spetic Kick)28–0

Q2 12:25

TD Frank Peasant 1 Yd Run (Gianni Spetic Kick)21–0

Q1 2:34

TD Frank Peasant 2 Yd Run (Gianni Spetic Kick)14–0

Q1 10:35

TD Brendon Lewis 18 Yd Run (Gianni Spetic Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Memphis TigersRice Owls

Offense

355 Total Yards 212

225 Passing Yards 100

130 Rushing Yards 112

19 First Downs 13

Efficiency

4-10 3rd Down 3-16

0-0 4th Down 3-4

18/23 Completions 11/17

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 2

5-36 Penalties 6-78

27:38 Possession 32:22

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	QBR
Brendon Lewis	18/22	225	10.2	90.9
Arrington Maiden	0/1	0	0.0	0.1
Team	18/23	225	9.8	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Brendon Lewis	12	87	7.3	1	24
Greg Desrosiers Jr.	7	28	4.0	1	12
Frank Peasant	10	24	2.4	3	9
Sutton Smith	2	0	0.0	0	0
Arrington Maiden	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Team	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Team	33	130	3.9	5	24

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cortez Braham Jr.	3	66	22.0	30
Bryce Dorsey	1	49	49.0	49
Jamari Hawkins	1	19	19.0	19
Marcello Bussey	3	17	5.7	12
Jadon Thompson	1	16	16.0	16
Greg Desrosiers Jr.	2	16	8.0	12
Brady Kluse	1	11	11.0	11
Sutton Smith	2	11	5.5	12
Matt Adcock	1	10	10.0	10
Frank Peasant	1	5	5.0	5
Bryce Anderson	2	5	2.5	3
Team	18	225	12.5	49

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Kamari Wilson	0	0	1
Team	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Sam Brumfield	12	2	0	1	0
Kamari Wilson	11	5	0	3	0
Chris Bracy	10	8	0	2.5	0
DeMarco Ward	10	6	0	0	0
Pooda Walker	7	2	0.5	1.5	0
Everett Roussaw Jr.	5	3	0	0	0
Jaidyn Denis	4	1	0	0	0
Omarion Cooper	3	1	0	0	0
William Whitlow Jr.	2	1	0	1	0
Rayyan Buell	2	0	0	0	0
Donovan Mathena	2	0	0	0.5	0
Jayden Flaker	2	0	0	0.5	0
Isaiah Green	2	0	0	0	1
CJ Smith	1	1	0	0	0
Ian Williams	1	1	0	0	0
Jalen Bell	1	0	0.5	0.5	0
Reggie Grimes II	1	0	0	0.5	0
Drue Watts	1	0	0	0	1
Cam Burden	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden Marable	1	0	0	0	0
Taylor Burton	1	0	0	0	0
Samson Israel	1	0	0	0	0
Team	81	31	1	11	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Omarion Cooper	1	23	0
Team	1	23	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sutton Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Gianni Spetic	1/1	100.0	37	5/5	8
Team	1/1	100.0	37	5/5	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Lachlan Carrigan	5	205	41.0	0	3	48
Team	5	205	41.0	0	3	48

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Chase Jenkins	11/16	100	6.3	1	1	34.9
Drew Devillier	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1
Team	11/17	100	5.9	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chase Jenkins	15	34	2.3	0	20
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.	6	31	5.2	0	17
Quinton Jackson	9	22	2.4	0	6
Tyvonn Byars	6	16	2.7	1	5
Daelen Alexander	6	13	2.2	0	3
Landon Ransom-Goelz	1	4	4.0	0	4
Drew Devillier	2	2	1.0	0	3
Drayden Dickmann	1	-10	-10.0	0	0
Team	46	112	2.4	1	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyvonn Byars	1	43	43.0	0	43
Aaron Turner	4	29	7.3	1	12
Drayden Dickmann	4	13	3.3	0	9
James Falk	1	9	9.0	0	9
Ryan Guillo	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	11	100	9.1	1	43

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Chase Jenkins	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Andrew Awe	12	3	0	0	0
Ty Morris	9	0	0	0.5	0
Blake Boenisch	7	2	1	1	0
Marcus Williams	6	2	0	0	0
Omari Porter	5	4	0	1	0
Daveon Hook	5	1	0	1	0
Ephraim Dotson	4	3	0	0	0
Jerrick Harper	4	2	0	0	0
Tony Anyanwu	3	1	1	1	1
Chibby Nwajuaku	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Kane	3	0	0	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons	2	0	0	0	0
Christopher Clark-Jolivet	2	0	0	0.5	0
Aaron Turner	1	1	0	0	0
Peyton Stevenson	1	0	0	0	0
LaVonte Johnson	1	0	0	0	0
Carson Morgan	1	0	0	0	0
Team	69	19	2	5	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Aaron Turner	1	19	19.0	19
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.	1	0	0.0	0
Team	1	19	19.0	19

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tyson Thompson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team	1	7	7.0	7	0

Kicking

Player	FG	XP	PTS
Chase Allen	0/0	1/1	1
Enock Gota	0/0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	2/2	2

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Alex Bacchetta	6	290	48.3	0	1	59
Team	6	290	48.3	0	1	59

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